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Haiden Deegan clinched the 2024 AMA Pro Motocross 250MX title at Budds Creek following a first moto victory. After clinching the title, Deegan rode to a P10 finish in the second moto while Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Levi Kitchen collected 3-1 scores to win the National.

Entering the 10^th round of the series 70 points up on Kitchen, Deegan could clinch the title three motos early by outscoring Kitchen by five points in the first moto. The Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing rider did just that as he took the win while Kitchen’s third was the exact five points Deegan needed to grab the title.

Kitchen, who was battling illness all weekend, fought off a hard charging Chance Hymas in the second moto to collect the moto win and the overall with it. Red Bull KTM’s Tom Vialle was left to settle with P2 overall on the day as a bad start in the second moto landed the Frenchman on 2-4 scores for the day. Deegan rounded out the podium with 1-10 scores.

Hymas was actually running in P2 in the first moto when he crashed on the final lap and slipped back to eighth. His strong second moto performance pulled him back up to P4 overall though he lamented that crash likely costing him a shot at the win. Rounding out the top five was Triumph Racing’s Jalek Swoll who would go 6-4 on the day.

Behind them, it was Julien Beaumer (Red Bull KTM) in sixth, Pierce Brown (Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GasGas) in seventh, Jordon Smith (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing) in eighth, RJ Hampshire (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) in ninth, and Ty Masterpool (Pro Circuit Kawasaki) rounded out the top 10.

With the championship now locked up for Deegan, he can begin focusing on the SuperMotocross World Championship starting in September as just one round remains of AMA Pro Motocross next week at Ironman Raceway.

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